Scientists say buildings on Mars could be made from a substance found in fish scales and fungi called chitin. Chitin is one of the most ubiquitous organic polymers on Earth, and when mixed with Martian soil, it could make a sturdy enough material to build tools and shelters. The organic polymer could be sourced on Mars from … Read more
Elon Musk aims to one-day colonize Mars and, according to the billionaire, getting there is not the issue – it is surviving on the Red Planet that will be challenging. The SpaceX CEO shared progress on the firm’s Starship rocket during the virtual Humans to Mars Summit, saying the craft ‘is making progresses,’ but also … Read more
Antique Mars bar found by a Co-op supermarket worker 11 years past its sell-by date fetches £50 on eBay after company stopped making it Eli Toy, 26, found chocolate while cleaning Co-op supermarket where he works Mars launched Delight, lighter version of Mars Bar, in 2004 but stopped in 2008 The one Mr Toy found … Read more
Ancient Mars is believed to of had planetwide storms that filled lakes and rivers with rainfall on the planet – sometimes enough to flood the surface. Using satellite images and topography, the team looked at the catchment and watersheds of Martian ‘paleolakes’ to quantify how much precipitation filled lake beds and river valleys 3.5 billion … Read more
A spectacular shot of a Martian avalanche, an image of a dust devil and a long-distance portrait of planet Earth are among a selection of photos shared by NASA to mark 15 years of the agencies Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The images were all taken of the Red Planet and its surroundings from space using equipment … Read more
A massive sunspot observed on the sun is turning towards Earth and is expected to increase in size over the next few days. The area, dubbed AR2770, has a ‘primary dark core’ the width of Mars and a number of crater-size ‘spotlets’ littering its surface. The sunspot is a member of Solar Cycle 25, the … Read more
Lava tubes under the surface of the Moon and Mars are so large they could host entire planetary bases for future space exploration, planetary scientists claim. Researchers at the Universities of Bologna and Padua studied the subsurface cavities that lava created billions of years ago under the surface of Mars and the Moon. These cavities … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
Mysterious cloud over 1,000 MILES long reappears on Mars over a large volcano near the Red Planet’s equator Scientist spotted a mysterious cloud over a volcano on Mars in 2018 Images snapped of the area reveals the plume has made its return It sits 12.4 miles over the volcano Arsia Mons and is some 1,110 … Read more
Humans could live on the planet Mars if a fungi which spawned inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is used to protect against radiation, scientists say. A layer of the fungus around 21 centimetres thick could ‘largely negate the annual dose-equivalent of the radiation environment on the surface of Mars’, researchers found. ‘What makes the fungus … Read more